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One of my "things" is I'm a newsletter editor for our local section of the American Society for Quality. The following is a copy of the monthly email notification I send out - I'm posting here in case any of my readers are interested. We have about 350 local members, 2/3 of whom have opted-in for email, and a list of over 200 non-members.

News and Events October 24, 2005

The November issue of our newsletter is now available at www.asqottawa.ca/newsletter, as a PDF file. Included in this issue is:* Our Corel Centre tour on November 9* Report from the recent ASQ Member Value Summit* Two articles on Quality issues – one on the federal gov’t and quality management, another on the importance of proper Requirements in the development cycle* Information on other quality related events in the area* Ongoing and upcoming certification refresher courses

If you would like to send in any comments via a Letter to the Editor, or have a quality question, or even a brief article, please contact the editor Mike Young at newsletter@asqottawa.ca . Submission guidelines are at the end of this month’s newsletter.

To opt-out of or to sign up for receiving emails from the ASQ Ottawa ValleySection 0407, please do one of the following:Members only: To change your ASQ email preferences: Sign in to ASQNet at www.asqnet.org/Choose your preferences by going to Change Your Address & E-mail- If you need ASQNet password assistance go to www.asqnet.org/help_signinB.html- If you need additional help, write to help@asq.orgNon Members:Go to www.asqottawa.ca (Subscribe) to add or remove yourself from the ASQ Ottawa Valley Section 0407 email distribution list. To change your email address, please remove yourself from the list and enter a new request with the updated address.For further information on upcoming events, and on your local section, please check our web site at www.asqottawa.ca, or contact the Section Chair, Govind Ramu at chair@asqottawa.ca .************************************************************